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Sunday, October 28, 2018

Is Today's Comedy Sensor Perceiver Humor ?

Is Today's Comedy ESP Humor ?
by
Erica Crooks ( INFP )

The more I study MBTI Myers Briggs Personality Type Typology Science ,
the more and more I’m aware that YES ANYTHING CAN BE TYPED .
In fact back in 2007 , I started typing fictional Hollywood crushes I had as well as screwball cartoon characters back when I was a senior in High School.

Now , I think I’ve mentioned this in my blog posts as well as my videos talking about MBTI Myers Briggs Personality Types and sense of humor.
And of course there’s tons of wonderful articles on the internet about MBTI already.
But what I find interesting is the relation between the capitalist hierarchical industries such as the Entertainment industry and if they use the MBTI for their demographic target audience and market research.

It’s almost deliberate if you think about it.
Perhaps stereotypes not right off the bat or they market towards stereotypes.

I’m going to start this blog post by saying that my personality type is INFP and in no means is this an intuitives are smarter than sensors intuitive bias sort of thing. However I do believe that to be true in the sense of our different way of thinking while sensors are more better at focusing on the here and now details and sort of thing which can come in handy.
I for one don’t put sensors down , but if you want my honest opinion , SFPs are THE ONLY sensors I can really get along with most. 
SFJ is my Mother and ST / STJ is my ex-father and let’s just say I had bad experiences with and I’ll just leave it at that.

Anyway , a sense of humor can relate usually by personality types that can relate to it.
Perhaps I should go into detail and analysis on how there’s certain types of humor relating to cognitive functions which certain intuitive and sensors share.

As I mentioned in several blog videos on youtube.com/user/officialericcrooks/videos
I would relate most to Ne humor and perhaps some Ni humor as well.
If you need an example of what I find funny , just check out my videos but perhaps you might agree to what I just said.
I have a friend who I strongly think is ISFP . I’m 80% sure of that. I’m constantly studying him in my mind for my own skill in personality type typing. Perhaps it's better than annoying the hell out of him to get him to take a 16 personality type test. But as I mentioned in other blog posts previously , there’s people who answer the question wrong and perhaps an ESTP can result to an INFP or something like that. I even make a comic about that. lol
Anyway my ISFP friend and I love watching slapstick cartoons.
But the reason that I think he’s an ISFP sensor is because he knows it’s just entertainment and a fun activity while me being an INFP intuitive , I want to learn about the artists and I want to go out and make my own. Then again my friend is similar to that when it comes to certain bands and knowing the detail but not so serious about being a musician. So I don’t know. 
The point I want to make is say he sees something that’s ESFP or ESTP humor , most likely than not he’s going to be totally open and rant about how much that freakin’ SUCKED !
Again I might be wrong about him being an ISFP , but I’m just gong to say he’s ISFP for now.
But what I find interesting is , is there a separation between introverted humor and extroverted humor ?

So why do I think mainstream modern current Comedy Entertainment is ESFP and ESTP targeted ?
Here’s my opinions for now.

( 1. Extrovert and Se : Observational Humor .
It can be an observation of an action after they realize they did it.
I can say the difference of say an Extroverted Ne humor would be that dialog of being aware of the observation would be creative and imaginative while Extroverted / Se would be more grounded to Earth.

( 2. Feeling vs Thinking
ESFP I think is the lead of most family cgi cartoon movies and perhaps Ellen Degenerious .
It’s friendly , it’s observational , and with the perceiving aspect of say an ESFP / ISFP personality type , very laid back and doesn’t mind the structurelessness of their life. 
And as a Feeler Perceiver myself , again I can totally be friendly with that kind of personality type.

ESTP humor I personally don’t find funny.
What I would consider to be ESTP is probably on the lines of say
“ The Happytime Murders “ / Family Guy / Most Late Night Comedy and Current Rated R Comedy movies now a days ? 
Shock Value , anti-politically correct , yet grounded to earth.
Now ENTP humor as I mentioned I strongly feel due to the iNtuition to be more “ Imaginative “ and “ Creative “. Yet very satirical. British Comedy like Hale and Pace , Monty Python’s Flying Circus and The Young Ones
I would say are related to not only ENTP but iNtuitives.
My ISFP friend can like the comedy sketches with structure such as The Dead Parrot Pet Shop Sketch or perhaps The Cheese Shop sketch. And perhaps the slapstick of the Terry Gillian cut out animations ( which influenced Trey Parker and Matt Stone to go out and create South Park ) . However my friend might find the other stuff weird and not that funny perhaps like the Flying Sheep sketches or how Pigs got randomly killed in one of the earlier episodes.
But then again , I don’t know if he’s an ISFP or what.

So that's kind of my analysis on that.
Sensors are the majority so it kind of makes sense because
hierarchy capitalist mainstream entertainment says it's all things for everyone however ,
if they are aiming towards the majority ,
who’s to say they aren’t aiming at SP types while 
The government is ran by thinking judgers .
Ok Trump is an ESTP right ?

One other thing , I consider STJ humor to be like “ Hee Haw “
while Cute cat videos , Impractical Jokesters and perhaps burp pranks in public to be maybe ESFJ humor ( that’s my observation of my mother ). 


Anyway , my typing could be off , I don’t know.
But that’s just my observation for now.

_ Erica

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Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Erica Crooks Puppets celebrate Freedom of Speech ( 2015 )

#throwbacktuesday Check out the making of this picture with bloopers and a blog video from ( 2015 ) https://youtu.be/TXn3AQfup6g In response to the worldwide tragic news of Charlie Hebdo shootings #jesuischarlie , An image was created by the satirical puppet show The Erica Crooks Show peacefully standing up for Freedom of Speech.
This footage is Erica Crooks talking about just that.
Originally shown on 
officialericcrooks.com <http://officialericcrooks.com/> in 2015 .

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Saturday, October 20, 2018

The Erica Crooks Show Halloween 2018 ( a 1 Minute Halloween Satire / Parody Comedy Halloween Special Show Thing )

The Erica Crooks Show Halloween 2018 ( a 1 Minute Halloween Satire / Parody Comedy Halloween Special Show Thing )

https://youtu.be/v_mI_-Q6A-4

" For those who remember , I've done two Halloween Shows in 2006 and 2007. I'm a fan of The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror specials so that probably inspired me to do a similar tradition. Special episodes like that tend to be very tough for me , same with plot shows which is probably why I either abandon such projects or I start one and have a hard time finishing it for whatever reason and just shorten it.

There was this short under 10 minute Halloween cartoon around 2010 / 2011 that was never seen except a few friends privately at a home halloween party ( if I want to call it that lol ) ,  I did but it got trapped in a dead hard drive which I don't know if I still have or I deleted it by mistake thinking it was just a draft.

I did have plans for a Halloween Special in 2015 which ended up being sort of a disaster because I was filming the making of the special at the same time and trying to beat the clock last minute a month or two ahead of time , just me doing it as usual. And footage was filmed and a sound track was recorded but I just ran out of time. lol The footage unfortunately got on the same files and stuff with the making footage and the audio I found recently so maybe eventually I do something with that on a later date . All I ended up editing I uploaded awhile back and they weren't even Halloween themed sketches. It was a Newscaster cold opening , a Westboro Baptist Church satire and Con & Spy Rotten going to the Time Out Room.

This time was similar to the 2015 show where I was trying to push myself to do a full legnth thing but ended up running out of time. A longer soundtrack was recorded which I'll probably do something with at later times. And I just didn't have time to compose music or sound effects . Plus I've been having some major technical difficulties with my computer so perhaps it's time to save for a new one. lol

So I decided to just take the remaining footage and turn it into this one minute thing , which is mixed with Halloween themed stuff / parodies / satires / pop culture topical gags / Which is clearly inspired by the tombstone gags from the early Classic Simpsons Treehouse of Horror specials. lol But my own spin on it I suppose.

It is what it is so ether way , Happy Happy Halloween ! :) _ Erica

( Mature Audiences Only ! )

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Is Adult Puppetry Not As Popular as Adult Cartoon Animation ?


Is Adult Puppetry Not As Popular as Adult Cartoon Animation ?
by
Erica Crooks
Erica Crooks
When it comes to puppetry , cartooning , animation , filmmaking and the arts , a lot can be said.
These are different kinds of art and media technics and like music , there's different genres and styles.
In the days before mainstream television puppetry and cartoons were mainly for adults and would express satire / social commentary . It's not very common today because no matter how hard puppeteers and cartoonists try , it really does seem to be marketed towards children's entertainment . I think this was due to the television era . Because before television , most movies if not all were basically G / PG rated but without the rating system. So yeah there was kids going to watch a Looney Tunes cartoon short during the double feature and or matinee and then there was probably a newsreel and then a James Cagney / Humphrey Bogart Gangster film . Some would criticize animated cartoons as being kids stuff but generally they weren't categorized as such like an old video rental store or even a DVD store would just shove something animated as kids stuff. Perhaps it was due to modern times when shows went beyond Classic Simpsons and Beavis & Butt-head which is South Park and Family Guy ( Sorry , I'm on the South Park side. I just couldn't get into Family Guy all that much. It's not like The Critic , Clerks Animated and Mission Hill in my opinion. )  And of course [ adult swim ] , MTV Animation from the 1990s , Nickelodeon in the 1990s and early 2000s Cartoon Network. And of course there's Anime which gain huge fanbases globally . However it really does seem that puppets never had the same edge as cartoon animation has. No matter how cartoony you can make a puppet ! It's probably because a puppet no matter how advanced and animated and cartoony as they can look , they don't seem to be treated as equal to cartoon animated comedy. Also CGI seems to already be replacing animatric puppets in fantasy films , sci-fi and even horror movies . So are puppets really that not popular ? It's interesting because Spitting Image I think was the next influential puppet troupe since The Muppets. However America never seemed to be that savage when it comes to knocking the piss out of their country. It's like comparing Team America to Meet The Feebles , Greg The Bunny to Puppets Who Kill , Spitting Image and Les Guignols De L'info vs DC Follies and The Happytime Murders . Still there was the heyday of Mad Magazine , Matt Groening's Life in Hell Robert Crumb and Underground comics , Love & Rockets and Tank Girl in the comics / graphic novel world . Though as I mentioned in my previous blog post talking about Modern Satire , when it comes to satirical puppetry in America , I would say that Dinosaurs was the best in that comparison . 
Like how The Flintstones was the very first adult animated cartoon on television , The Muppet Show was the first that was seen in over 100 countries . And the thing about Jim Henson and The Muppets was the best things that was ever made was done in independent syndication . Sesame Street gained popularity on PBS , NOT HBO at the time . And when HBO was still small , Fraggle Rock was on there as well as VHS tapes and books . The Muppet Show was filmed in England and syndicated on any independent time shots that were available . That was how it was done. Disney was not in the picture. Yet . So it’s interesting because it really seems like adult cartoon animation made a slow evolution into the mainstream eventually but adult puppet shows not so much. And just look how dumb down The Happytime Murders was . But regardless , there’s one thing to point out here. Barely anyone can say now a days that cartoons , animated cartoons , video games and comic books is kids stuff anymore . Unfortunately people don’t seem to thing the same way for puppets. Which is quite sad. 
Sure there’s people on the internet doing their own adult puppet show on youtube ( me included http://www.youtube.com/user/officialericcrooks/videos ) but still there seems to always be this association with puppets and kids. Again , is it just simply because someone could believe a cartoon character as being a caricature symbol of people while puppets just look like stuffed animals , dolls , toys ? I remember when I had a table at a local comic con , I had a looping 6 hour dvd ( which was muted in silence , family show at comic con you know. ) and try to edit out anything too extreme visually . And the thing I noticed was the only ones who were most interested in seeing these puppets on the mini flatscreen television on the artist table at comic con was kids . And I was kind of cringing because as an adult puppeteer who does adult puppeteering for adult puppetry things , you kind of want to escape that. It’s like Dr LeBrick suffering in Hell in the 2nd Erica Crooks Show Halloween Special ( 2007 ) , Dr. LeBrick is behind this puppet show stage being forced to do a puppet show for little kids . It was something I always fought against as an artist . That’s the thing about art vs business , which one do you care about more. Not all artists are created equal , some do things just for money so they don’t care just as long as their talent is raking in the income , there’s artists that don't mind entertaining children , I always seemed to be addicted to adult cartoon animation and adult puppetry at a young age and I strongly feel that when I aim things at adults then I can have the most creative freedom to say and do whatever I want. But who knows , maybe the world won’t be as careful of what they allow kids to watch I don't know . lol Speaking of which my work tends to be high brow on the satirical and dark humor aspects and then it can be totally low brow with extreme toilet humor , random swearing , slapstick , and all around goofy silliness gone out of control. But at least as an independent filmmaker , I have the freedom to do the art that I love doing. Even thought the budgets are insane at times , and the hard work can be tiresome. It’s all worth it . :) _ Erica

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Monday, October 1, 2018

The Erica Crooks Show : Halloween Moments ( 2006 - 2017 )

The Erica Crooks Show Halloween Moments ( 2006 - 2017 )

Adult Puppet & Animated Cartoon Comedy for adults “ The Erica Crooks Show “
presents 10 years of Dark Comedy , Satire , parodies , and just plain silly stupidity .
We pick our personal Halloween themed ( for adults ) comedy sketches from
10 years of The Erica Crooks Show and combine them in this hilarious zany humor compilation.
Over an Hour of the The Funniest , Spookiest , Creepiest , the satirical dark comedy sketches
that are Halloween themed or related in some way to the commercialized holiday.

BONUS :
INCLUDES : The first two Halloween Specials from 2006 and 2007 of The Erica Crooks Show !

Adult Halloween Comedy so funny that it’s forbidden on mainstream media MORE SO !

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Sunday, September 30, 2018

Happy Halloween Everyone !

The Erica Crooks Show


Watch The Halloween Playlist on youtube.com/user/officialericcrooks/playlists

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x34HXTfTF60&list=PLJLbzpbdP5rn-arilR98sAHMxMXVcAF08

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Monday, September 17, 2018

Erica Crooks Puppeteer Demo Reel Puppet Audition Tape April 2016





Erica Crooks Puppeteer Demo Reel Puppet Audition Tape ( April 2016 )



Most puppeteers in the entertainment industry , especially puppeteers who are members of SAG have some sort of puppeteer puppet reel demo audition tape.

I’m not a member of SAG . I think I’m totally blacklisted by now as a satirist and anarchist. lol



Just for the heck of it , I sent this very puppet audition tape to The Jim Henson Company seeing if they see something within my puppeteer talent perhaps something on the lines of Henson Alternative / The Happytime Murders . I never heard anything back.

And this was before the trailer and stuff , and how things went , I’m kind of glad I didn’t get the call. In my personal opinion , they shouldn’t have sold The Muppets to Disney .



Anyway , usually a Puppet audition tape is suppose to be 6 minutes long or less expressing  puppeteering , voice acting , singing , etc .

But the Puppet Audition Reel took on a life of it’s own , 20 minutes in fact.



So whatever , I thought it ended up being a funny spontaneous puppet comedy video but at the same time it does showcase my puppeteering , voice acting , comedy writing all in one. Like a typical episode of The Erica Crooks Show I suppose.



Not bad for a Transwoman lesbian huh folks. ;P



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Trump's Way - ( Puppet Political Satire ) - The Erica Crooks Show ( 2018 )





Move over Sinatra , because Trump is going to totally rip you off !



The following is a work of satirical fiction

Any similarity beyond political satire is coincidental and unintentional



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Talking About : How I Make My Cartoon Animation Videos ( digital filmmak...





Talking About : How I Make My Cartoon Animation Videos ( digital filmmaking tools ) / Erica's Home Office Studio



Erica Crooks ( independent filmmaker who’s made short films that have been shown in various film festivals , public access television and even the internet )



Talks about basics in how to make your very own cartoon animated film and or video .





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Cartoon Drawing Animation Style Tutorial ( Basics of Construction )





Erica Crooks Animation Cartoon Drawing Style Basic Tips Tutorial

Cartoonist of 20 years as well as a multi-talented independent filmmaker Erica Crooks
talks about the importance of construction when it comes to cartooning animation style drawing in this basic tips tutorial , as well as to how to develop your own cartooning style .

Keep on Drawing and Cartooning ! Practice Makes Perfect !



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Sunday, September 16, 2018

The Truth About Entertainment

Erica Crooks
The Truth about Entertainment ?
by
Erica Crooks

Let me start off this post as a reminder.
What does an artist do ?
They share their art with the world.
Art is ideas , art is communication on so many levels , like minded people will follow.
Fans can be friends.

But sadly there’s people who simply want FUN !
And they think such fun is outside of themselves.
An expression of love , seeking love and trying to gain it , or an expression of the lack of love ( hierarchy )

Love just is. Love is soul , not ego.

Like minded people will follow. But don’t count your fanbase by the millions like
you would with your Facebook friends.
Do not let this determine your self worth EVER !
You hold your own truth inside of you , not outside of you.
You can be your own biggest fan and best friend.
Remember , you also create your own life , your own thoughts , how you feel.
You are in charge of you. If people took responsibility for themselves by seeing their truth on the inside , perhaps the world would crumble into something better.
Yes , a new world is indeed possible.

Do not let money and the outside world determine your soul !
Life is meant to be enjoyed and to learn , all in the expression of love. :)

And remember , do what you love and your like minded people will follow.
I’ve been saying this for over 10 years now so pay attention. :) 

Ok , now onto business with creative talented artists who are totally struggling with their career.
Cartoonists , puppeteers , performers , musicians , anyone with creative talent ?
Do you feel like you just can’t make it in the entertainment industry ?
Or maybe you actually did work in the Hollywood Entertainment Industry
, and you used to be very popular but now you just can’t get a break .
The unions , the agents , the managers can’t seem to find you any gig / job
that isn’t CRAP ! And as depressing as it sounds ,
you are actually making more money at Comic Con / Comic Conventions / Pop Culture Conventions —— And there’s times that you just don’t right ?
You meet your fans face to face , they say nice things , BUT THEY DON’T BUY A DAMN THING !
Maybe a few actually do , and then sell it on eBay because just like you , they too need money to live on.

Let me tell you about my position as an artist . If people notice that I’m underground and obscure , that means I have no interest in the mainstream hollywood entertainment industry right ? It’s more then that . My work got rejected from Comedy Central , [ adult swim ] , Mondo Media and even Troma Entertainment has absolutely no interest in what I have to do.
And if you take a look at my following as I write this post. And you compare it to the well known ones. And how about trolls being the only ones to comment , to say anything about my work , and giving thumbs down , what does this say ?

Erica Crooks and Erica Crooks art totally SUCKS and is not any good at all ?
Far from it. lol

Fame can come and go or not come at all !

If you want to get noticed on social media or anything , you’d either use one or all the above or some of “ Business tactics “ .
Like and Subscribe , you know what I’m talking about. That patronizing , demeaning , dumb down crap !

Does that mean those who DO NOT subscribe or like mean that your stuff SUCKS ?
Far from it. lol
Do you seriously need to be right there with the very person sweeting , biting your finger nails , and nervously shaking with anxiety regarding what people think ?
Of course not.

WHAT IS THIS SAYING ABOUT YOUR SELF WORTH ?

If you check out personality type science , you can very well see that there’s no difference between who’s famous and who isn’t.

Let me tell you something about popularity , it’s the same with fame.
In my childhood there was shows that were popular and those that weren’t in my time.
I tend to love stuff that I can relate to that not everyone cares for.

And what ? Just because your Lesbian does that mean you need to be a fan of Ellen ? Of Orange is The New Black ?
I much prefer Rachel Maddow and Lori Petty ( She’s Tank Girl and also on Orange is The New Black ) .

So what about the stuff I like ? The stuff I was influenced by ?
Why do they get more views then I do ?

Well I ain’t going to pout and have a toddler tantrum . And I’m not going to say that what I do isn’t very good.

If those same artists were to work without much of a budget like they did before they had much of a budget and if they were to start all over again but using social media ,
they’d be exactly where I am.

People would sacrifice tons of their hard earned money for their views , using
keywords , SEO , hashtags , Google Adsense , Facebook and YouTube advertising and all that junk.


I had a panel at Rhode Island Comic Con in 2015 called
“ Bringing Back The Good Stuff “
( I have a blog video that talks about the results of the very Rhode Island Comic Con ( 2015 ) panel on
http://www.youtube.com/user/officialericcrooks/videos

And the point of the panel was that artists that are inspired by their pop culture favorites can
totally do that more than ever thanks to affordable technology.

Sure it’s not the millions that the mainstream Hollywood Entertainment Industry uses 
but we are becoming that much closer in terms of competing with them.

But here’s the truth and realization that I’m coming to.

And this is the very reason why I never seem to shut up talking about the importance of 5D Earth , MBTI Myers Briggs Personality Type Science and a Libertarian Socialist Anarchist Free Society .


Your fans are kind of like meeting friends , they connect with what you got to say
because you share the same interests.

If those famous accomplished artists weren’t so busy trying to make a living ,
perhaps they either like to do the same with you or perhaps exit the entertainment arts all together just to get away from it all because they might feel that it took their whole entire life away.

Let me raise a question.
If capitalism was gone , if we didn’t need to work to meet our human needs if it’s earning money doing what what we love doing or not.

If we had absolute freedom to do what we only loved to do ,
what would we do ?

And as for audience building ,
what if you could reach to ALL people that shares the same interests of you and what you do ,
AND …. 
It isn’t in the millions.
Maybe it’s only a few.

Tell me , what matters best to you ?

Reaching out to your like minded people ?

Or looking for love outside of your own self ?



I’m for my like minded people and love doing what I love doing.

How about you ?


Just throw away the labels of hobby and making what you love doing seem so small.


It’s time to question the world around us.

A New World and Better Life is Possible !

_ Erica

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